The Chairmen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa since the establishment of the Tribe under the constitution of 1932: _ 1932-1940 Kanick (Walking with Thunder) 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1944 Louis Marion 1942, 1947 Frank Vondal 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950-1953, Edward (Chick) Jollie 1949 Norbert Davis 1954-58, Patrick Gourneau 1959-61 Louis LaFountain 1962-1963 Francis […]
The man on the phone said simply, “We want you to help our tribe start a weekly newspaper.” The man on the line was Richard J. “Jiggers” LaFramboise, then chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the year was 1992. I flew up to the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota not too […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
Sasswain Poitra was a member of the Marten clan. He served as a sub-chief to Little Shell III during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Crane Clan was one of the leadership clans that served the Turtle Mountain Chippewa people. The Chippewa people were divided into a number of doodem (clans) named for animals. […]
Tobacco is the first plant that the Creator gave to the Anishinabe people. Three other plants: sage, cedar and sweetgrass are held sacred by the people. Together they are referred to as the four sacred medicines (Muskiiki). The four sacred medicines are used in everyday life and in all of our ceremonies. All of them […]
Tobacco is the first plant that the Creator gave to the Anishinabe people. Three other plants: sage, cedar and sweetgrass are held sacred by the people. Together they are referred to as the four sacred medicines (Muskiiki). The four sacred medicines are used in everyday life and in all of our ceremonies. All of them […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
The use of plants for medicine was a specialty of the Chippewa and much of the knowledge of plants gathering and medicinal properties is passed down generation to generation. The myriad of plants and their uses would encompass its own book. Those discussed in this section are but a few of the more common historically […]
Red River Carts – by Kade Ferris The Red River cart used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Metis was capable of carrying nearly a thousand pounds of cargo. It could transport this weight faster and several times more efficiently than a horse travois, especially when linked together into a wagon train of several dozen […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
Seneca Snakeroot Below are some medicines used by the Turtle Mountain Chippewa to cure common ailments. Please do not try these remedies at home. Always consult a medicine man before using these remedies… _______________________________________________ White Pine. The needles of the white pine could be crushed and applied to relieve headache. The vapors of boiled […]
The man on the phone said simply, “We want you to help our tribe start a weekly newspaper.” The man on the line was Richard J. “Jiggers” LaFramboise, then chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the year was 1992. I flew up to the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota not too […]
After the general failure to remove the Pembina Chippewas to Minnesota, the government was forced to review the validity of the Chippewa claim to the area north and west of Devils Lake. The Chippewa claimed their right to this land was derived from the several treaties. The government commission in charge of reviewing these claims […]
